Adrian Lamo

Adrian Lamo (February 20, 1981 – March 14, 2018) was an American threat analyst^[2][3] and hacker.^[4] Lamo was known for breaking into several high-profile computer networks, including those of The New York Times, Yahoo!, and Microsoft, culminating in his 2003 arrest.^[5]

Adrian Lamo
Born	(1981-02-20)February 20, 1981 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	March 14, 2018(2018-03-14) (aged 37)[1] Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
Other names	Adrián Lamo, R. Adrián Lamo
Occupation(s)	Threat analyst, journalist
Years active	1999–2018
Employer	ProjectVIGILANT
Organization	2600 Magazine
Known for	Computer hacking, reporting Chelsea Manning to the Army's Criminal Investigation Command
Notable work	Appeared on Hackers Wanted, We Steal Secrets, Good Morning America, Democracy Now!, Aqui y Ahora, and other media outlets, including cover stories in Information Week and SF Weekly
Television	TechTV, KCRA Channel 3 News
Title	Assistant Director for Threat Intelligence
Opponent	Julian Assange
Criminal penalty	Six months of house arrest, ​2 1⁄2 years probation, $64,938 restitution
Criminal status	In 2004, pleaded guilty to one felony count in SDNY to hacking The New York Times and Microsoft, and subsequently informed them and helped fix their security holes
Spouse	Lauren Fisher ​ ​ (m. 2007; div. 2011)​

In 2010, Lamo reported U.S. soldier Chelsea Manning to Army criminal investigators,^[6] claiming that Manning had leaked hundreds of thousands of sensitive U.S. government documents to WikiLeaks.^[7]

Lamo died on March 14, 2018, in Wichita, Kansas, at the age of 37.^[8] His body was identified at a morgue on March 16, when his death was publicly announced.^[9] The cause is unknown.^[9]